Trump Says He’s ‘Not Happy’ About Fed’s Interest Rate Increase
He’s broken with more than two decades of White House tradition of avoiding comments on monetary policy.
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President Donald Trump said Wednesday he’s “not happy” about the Federal Reserve’s decision hours earlier to raise interest rates for a third time this year.
“Unfortunately, they just raised interest rates,” Trump said at a press conference in New York, where he was attending the annual United Nations General Assembly. “I am not happy about that.”